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$ 550.00
Fraser, D. (Ca. 1846-?). Interesting Original Manuscript Letter to the Sharps Rifle Company in Connecticut, Detailing a Request for Ammunition Supplies and Shipping Arrangement. Virginia City, Nevada: 8 March 1877.
$ 525.00
Giovio‚Giulio‚ Bishop of Nocera (ca. 1510-ca. 1563). Official Letter Signed by Giovio to “Molto Magnifico Signor” Solomeo Solomei in Florence‚ Introducing his Nephew Passing through Florence on his way to Rome. Como: 19 March 1560.
$ 750.00
Poletika, N. “Obez’iannii” protsess v Amerike [i.e. Monkey Trial in America]. Moscow; Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1926.
$ 1750.00
De La Motte, Edward. Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la Motte and American Mountaineer James Ramsey Ullman, Being also the First American Ascent of Aconcagua, Titled: Horcones Valley and Aconcagua. February/March 1928.
$ 950.00
Collection of 28 Real Photo Postcards of Northern Arizona, Showing Walnut Canyon (Ruins of Sinagua Cliff Dwellings, “Hanging Rock,” General Views), the Petrified Forest, the San Francisco Peaks, and the Bottomless Pit. Ca. 1910s.
$ 1750.00
McNeil, Albertus James (ca. 1823-1881); McNeil, Mary Ann (ca. 1838-1888); McNeil, Homer H (ca. 1856-1842). Collection of Four Autograph Manuscript Letters from the McNeil Family, the Pioneer Publishers of Arizona, Discussing Financial Affairs, Future Prospects, and Plans to Move to the Arizona Territory; with Notes on Severe Job Crisis in San Francisco and Observations on Jew Settlers in Phoenix and Prescott. San Francisco, California: 13 April 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 13 April 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 13 June 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 21 July 1880.
Minasian, M. Նոր Օրուան Տեսիլքը [i.e. A Vision of the New Day]. Fresno: Nor Or, 1923.
$ 350.00
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[Extremely Rare Testimony from a Survivor of the Armenian Genocide] Sharafyan, Y. Երուանդ Շարաֆեան Կը Պատմէ Տարօնի Եղեռնը. Ականատեսի Վկայութիւններ [i.e. Yervand Sharafyan Recounts the Genocide in Taron. Eyewitness Testimonies]. San Francisco: Alan S. Yengoyan, 1965 (Printed in Beirut, Lebanon).
$ 350.00
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[An Important Content-Rich Overview of the Formation of the American-Armenian Community and its Political Organizations] Jizmedjyan, M. Պատմութիւն Ամերիկահայ Քաղաքական Կուսակցութեանց. 1890-1925 [i.e. History of American-Armenian Political Parties. 1890-1925]. Fresno: Nor Or, 1930.
$ 750.00
Manuscript Agreement for the Transfer of Government Licenses for Six Coal Locations along Coldwater River in Nicola Valley, British Columbia. 19 December 1903.
$ 950.00
Large Original Photograph Panorama of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Buddhist School at the Los Angeles Branch of the Higashi Honganji Temple. Ca. 1940.
$ 525.00
Cook, Myra; Lamb, Herman Dwight (1823-1900). Original Autograph Letter Signed by Myra Cook and Herman Dwight Lamb of Big Oak Flat, Tuolumme County, California, Talking About Weather Conditions Over Christmas Holidays, Extended Family, and the Knowles & Maxim Publishing Company. Big Oak Flat, [Tuolumme County, CA], 26 January 1884.
$ 1250.00
Collection of 96 Albumen Photographs of California, Showing Monterey (Hotel Del Monte, St. Junípero Serra Statue, Coasts), Santa Catalina Island (Catalina Harbour, Little Harbour, Hotel Metropole), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue, Orange Packers and Grove), San Leandro (“Hotel San Leandro,” “Central Grocery,” Street Scenes), etc. Ca. 1890s.
$ 4500.00
[Baegert, Johann Jakob] (1717-1772). Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien: mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher Nachrichten. Geschrieben von einem Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, welcher lang darinn diese letztere Jahr gelebet hat. [News from the American Peninsula California..,] Mannheim: Churfürstl. Hof- und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773.
$ 4500.00
Vladimirov, Mikhail Mikhailovich. Russkiy Sriedi Amerikantsev. Moi Lichnye Vpechatlieniya kak Tokarya, Chernorabochego, Plotnika i Puteshestvennika [A Russian Amongst the Americans. My Personal Recollections as a Turner, Labourer, Carpenter and Traveller]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of T-vo “Obshchestvennaya Polza,” 1877.
Album with Eighty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by an American Tourist at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, Showing the Now-Dismantled Palaces, International Pavilions, Arches, Towers, etc.; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1915.
$ 1500.00
Historically Interesting Extensive Collection of 167 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Archive of a California-based Black Family, Documenting Family Gatherings, Weddings, Holidays, Various Activities (Including Attending Football Games and Sulphur Springs), Exhibiting at Farmer’s Market, as well as Photos of their Relatives and Friends in Memphis, TN, and Chicago with Captions. Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco: ca. 1943-1953.
$ 750.00
Houten, Chas V. Two Original Private Letters Written by a Pioneer of Barker House (Modern-day Woodleaf, California) to His “Guiding Star” and “Dearest” Girlfriend Back Home in Sunbury (Ohio), Talking About His Failing Business, the Influx of Migrants From the East, and the Most Popular Trail to California via the Great Plains; Also Passionately Writing, “There Is Not One Hour, That Passes, but My Heart Is With You”. Barker House (California): 23 July & 10 October 1853.
Garabedian, Simon S. (1873–1931). Original Autograph Letter Signed by an Early Armenian Immigrant in Boston Simon S. Garabedian to His Armenian Friend Nazereth Chordigian in Fresno, California. Boston, 25 August 1901.
$ 950.00
Album with 142 Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, Showing Local Bridges (Including the Newly Built San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridges, the Original Fruitvale and the Bay Farm Island Bridges, the Diamond Canyon Bridge, etc.), Missions (Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, and Carmel), Schooners (Old Ironsides, Owl, Lottie Bennett), as well as the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition (“The Tower of the Sun,” the “Pacifica” Statue, the Chinese Village, Pool of the Nation, Court of the Moon, etc.); also with the Photographs of the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in Wyoming. Ca. 1930s-1940s.
$ 3500.00
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Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Over Eighty Pieces of Ephemera (Advertisements, Invoices, Retail Receipts, and Typescripts) Mostly Related to the Lesser-Known Chinese and Japanese Businesses on the West Coast, including California (San Francisco, Marysville) and Washington (Seattle). Ca. 1913; 1930s-1940s.
$ 750.00
Whiting, Jasper S.; [Ives, Joseph Christmas] (1829-1868). Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora, Talking about Him Joining Lt. Ives’ Exploratory Expedition to the Colorado River. San Francisco: 22 October [1857].
$ 750.00
Collection of 44 Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, with Rare, Early Photos of the Del Monte Training Camp in Monterey, San Francisco, Oakland, and Grass Valley. Ca. 1927.
$ 2250.00
[Scamell, Joseph William] (1874-1955). Interesting Private Archive of Four Original Documents and Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Estate of a California Pharmacist and Doctor, Joseph William Scamell, Referring to his Practice in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Marysville, Montana. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Early Billhead of California Pioneer Bookseller, A. Roman & Co, Returning an “Imperfect” Copy of Webster’s Dictionary to G & C Merriam; With Merriam’s Note About Sending the Book to the Company’s Binder and Future Mayor of Cambridge MA, Henry Houghton. San Francisco, 29 October 1867.
